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Bug#459210: marked as done (initramfs-tools: Initramfs problem with module which needs firmware (e.g. aic94xx))

Your message dated Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:48:24 +0100
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and subject line initramfs-tools: Initramfs problem with module which needs firmware (e.g. aic94xx)
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.85h
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Firmware installation for aic94xx

I had to create a hooks file and a hotplug file to load the driver
correctly during system boot.

Download http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jejb/aic94xx-seq.fw
cp aic94xx-seq.fw /lib/firmware

Create /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/firmware_aic94xx

---BEGIN OF /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/firmware_aic94xx---
#!/bin/sh


PREREQ="udev"


prereqs()
{
 echo "$PREREQ"
 }


 case $1 in
 prereqs)
  prereqs
   exit 0
    ;;
    esac


    . /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions


    copy_exec /lib/udev/firmware.agent /lib/udev/


    mkdir -p $DESTDIR/lib/firmware
    cp /lib/firmware/aic94xx-seq.fw $DESTDIR/lib/firmware

    copy_exec /sbin/hotplug /sbin

---END OF /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/firmware_aic94xx---

Create /sbin/hotplug

---BEGIN OF /sbin/hotplug---
#!/bin/sh


# Simple hotplug script sample:
# Both $DEVPATH and $FIRMWARE are already provided in the environment.


HOTPLUG_FW_DIR=/lib/firmware/


if [ ! -e /sys/$DEVPATH/loading ]; then
  echo /sys not found
    exit 1
    fi


    echo 1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
    cat $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE > /sys/$DEVPATH/data
    echo 0 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
---END OF /sbin/hotplug---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (amd64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.9
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 0.88

newer initramfs-tools in Lenny and unstable support firwmare loading
without the need of an special crafted hook script.
it was not possible to deliver that for etch due to too old
module-init-tools where modinfo would not report the needed firmware
by the corresponding driver.

thus closing

-- 
maks

--- End Message ---
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